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wr Yon: DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1934 Page Gre” e Have Maintained Our Basic Principles and Concepts Inviolable” ‘s Litvinoff on Recognition an able, and on the other hand, not be-) “is still formally considered to be in| {the Soviet Union, | & e session of the Cen~ | oral x: 2 of the | Seriet Tn, follows: | In beginning his specch, character- | izing international affairs for the past fifteen years, Maxim Litvinoff said: “We know the nature of the capitalist state, the nature of imperialism, its tasks and functions in foreign affairs. Basically, these tasks and. functions | do not change. Only the tactics for Slizing ‘these tasks in applying them | historically changing conditions ange, and these changing tactics) ‘ their adoption is called diplo- “The basic feature of the capitalist and especially the imperialist state | consists in that it sets itself external tasks which it knows cannot be real- ized without the use of force, without ware. If additional proof of this is demanded, then we would get it in the answer which was given in Ge- neva to our proposal for complete disarmament, for complete annihila- tion of the means of war. “They answered us there that aban- donment of war is out of the question, d Peace Pacts; Warns Nazis and Japan that for the time being we can speak about peace, but it is always necessary to prepare for war. That was the answer we got before and after the general endorsement of the Kellogg- Briand Pact, which ostensibly does away with war as a method for de- VARYING HISTORIC ATTITUDES TOWARD PEACE ciding international disputes. “But not all capitalist governments “They did try to turn their re ing too much interested in the pres- ervation of universal peace, they do not want to tie their hands, and wherever possible are avoiding obli- gations which would strengthen peace, such as non-aggression pacts, definition of the aggressor, etc., which in their opinion are superfluous. Per- haps they would have nothing against a small fight between third | powers in which they themselves would not be involved, and from’ which they could get some advantage , especially if our union could suffer from such a struggle. “Finally there are also such bour- geois powers which in the immediate future are not interested in violating peace and are prepared to direct their policy in defence of this peace. I don’t want to evaluate the motives of these policies, only recording the fact, which is valuable for us. “The struggle between basic groups of powers can easily be observed in all international manifestations at all congresses, at all conferences and in- ternational organizations. In the League of Nations this struggle as- sumes the most plastic forms. We may grant, however, that apparently the trend that is interested in the preservation of peace is triumphing in the League of Nations, and per- haps that explains the deep changes which are seen to be taking place in the composition of the League of Na- tions. Revision of treaties, disarma- ment, four-power pact, reorganization want war at all times, or always to/ maining military forces against the the same extent. Any government, no! matter how imperialistic it is, can become profoundly pacifist at one time or another. That happens either when it has suffered defeat in war and it requires some time to gathe: its forces for new wars, or when it is egnfronied by a stromger state or group of siates, or when the general political situation is unfavorable for it,’ or when it is gorged with victories and} conquests, and requires some time to masier these conquests. “There are also other factors dis-; couraging the desire for war, as, for example, internal disorders, economic impotence, etc. After the world war the entire capilal we temporar- ily became paci Tt is unneces- sary to explain the pacifism of the! conquered countries, from whom al- most all means for waging wars were taken. But even the victorious coun- tries, having satisfied their im- perial lust. to.a. considerable extent, for a time were. not interested in further wars... True,.the. irremovable Capitalist.coniradictions.even among the conguering countries remained, but they were too exhausted to im- mediately decide upon new wars. Hi BUILD WAR MACHINERY growing new international force in the form of the Soviet Republic, but | for this war their weapons proved too | blunt, and they reasonably and op- portunely rushed to put a stop to discussions of war with us. “Apart from that, the proletariat in the capitalist countries began to recover from the war hypnosis, and ‘demanded the fulfillment of the! promises which the bourgeoisie made to them during the war. The war brought about a strong reaction and anti-war sentiments also among the petty-bourgeoisie. “Further, it became necessary to bring some order into the war-shat- tered finance and economy. All this created an era of bourgeois pacifism and pacifist diplomacy, continuing to | very recent times. “Jnnumerable international meet- ings and conferences took place, the League of Nations was created, which organized mectings of the Ministers | of Foreign Affairs and Prime Minis- ters several times a year. For 12 years they spoke and wrote about peace and disarmament, and drew up projects for corresponding agree- ments. WHILE TALKING PEACE a. while the ministers of foreign ffairs zealously spoke about. peace, ae war and naval ministers and the eneral staffs also did not remain aactive and-—just as zeelosuly re- jenished their exhausted supplies of wms and atamunition, .adding to them the products of néw military invention. Simultcneously, the in- ter-state cavital contradictions ex- panded, deepen ang sharpened, and became more anc mipre apparent. “The prolonged economic crisis which broke oui with Ainprecedented force still more intensified the exist- ing contradiciions, adding mew ones to them. .-The Social-Democratic parties, led by the second interna- tional, believing in the omnipotence and the perpetuity of democracy and its ability to preserve peace and therefore rejecting all revolutionary struggles with the bourgeoisie, were driven out of ali their positions in ® number of couniries. “Together with these parties the radical intellectuals ard the pacifist section of the petty bourgeoisie also suffered a great loss. In addition to that a new generation of people grew up who did not know and ex- perience the horrors of the World War, and were therefore not af- fected by such anti-war sentiments to which the government up to re- cently, had to give at least lip-serv- ice in the form of pacifism. “And now the era of bourgeois pacifism has ended. Instead of the problems of peace, the bourgeois press has commenced to openly discuss problems of war in all their abom- inable details. At Geneva and at diplomatic meetings and confervnces, instead of disarmament, probleras of armament. or additional armments occupied the centre of actention. Where the old ruling parties and. cliques did not have time enough to reconstuct themselves in accordance with the new war spirit of the time, they were replaced by new parties, cliques with new ideologies that in the past were not compromised with any form of pacifism. Any form of pacifism striving for international peace is proclaimed as the embodi- ment of all mortal sins, betraying the ideals of humanity. ‘Brings Huge Gains | will have increased over eight times, of the League—all these are man- ifestations and functions of the strug- gle between the three basic groups of powers which I characterized. “This is the complicated interna- tional situation in which Soviet dip- Jomacy has to act. “The U. 8. S. R. is not only con- tinuing but increasing its struggle for peace, which represented and still represents the basic work of So- viet diplomacy.” After explaining the relations of the Soviet Union with other coun- tries, Litvinoff spoke of the relations of the U. 5. S. R. to the disarma- ment conference. “This conference,” said Litvinoff, | the existence. The name of which I gave it in America, is by no means an exaggeration. @ question now t give it a certificate of death, or to try to galvanize the corpse. Galvanization is possible and the conference can still be re- vived for me time, but this will no longer be a dis: We went to the conference to par- ticipate in drawing up guarantees of peace, guarantees of universal safety, but the rearmament of any country cannot be regarded as such a guar- antee. And when théy say to us: ‘Rearmament of some and disarma- ment of others,’ then we are afraid that only the first part of this for- mula will be fulfilled, without the second part, because it is absolutely clear that they will not succeed in htest degree in disarming those who are already making prac- tical use of their armaments, and who openly threaten to do this in the immediate future to a still greater extent. Second 5-Year Plan For Soviet Masses (Continued from Page 1) | tractors, three hundred and thirty per cent and locomotives three hun- dred and fifty per cent, Railroad cars will be increased almost six times as compared with the last plan. Electric | power is to be increased threefold | reaching thirty eight billion kilowatt hours in 1937. Output of Goods Up 269 Per Cent The output of coal will increase two and a half times, reaching over 150 million tons in 1937. Oil output is to reach forty million tons which will more than double 1932. The consumption of goods in 1937, 54,300,000,000 rubles, is 269 per cent the production of 1932. Simultane- ously the plan provides a much great- er variety of higher qualitr goods in all economic branches as well as a plants and the construction of 4,000 kilometres of oil pipe lines are part of the plan. Whole series of gigantic metal plants are also planned, and extensions of existing plants. In light industry construction over 100 enormous cotton, wool, worsted, knitting and silk mills, shoe factories, ete., will be constructed. The con- struction of huge meat combines, sugar factories, soap, etc., are planned. The second plan provides for the transformation of hundreds of indus- trial center into model Socialist towns. Hundreds of new Cultural buildings and additional huge extensions of building workers’ dwellings of the most modern type will be constructed. Parks and cultural buildings, stadi- ums, etc., etc., are also to be widely developed. Amongst the most im- portant buildings the huge Moscow Palace of the Soviets will be con- structed. Moscow’s first underground railway is to be completed. Build in Former Backward Regions The plan provides for large scale industrial building in the formerly backward regions and intensive de- velopment of construction in the domain of education, health, and art of the National Republics and other regions, big reduction in production costs. It provides for increased agricultural output of from 13,100,000,000 at the end of the first Five-Year Plan to! 26,600,000,000 rubles towards the end The following percentages of in- crease will be shown in 1937 over 1932 according to the plan: Consumers’ manufactured goods, 308; food industry, 306; automobiles, @ corpse, those powers armament conference. | | disputes. But then the Soviet dis- “It cannot be demanded that only against whom these threats are directed should disarm. It is. only Disarmament can again seriously be ; talked about only when the powers cease to treat pacts of non-aggres- gesting to conclude more of them, and when they really reject wars as & method of solving international armament projects will be fetched out from the dusty archives of the League of Nations, and the talk will be precisely on complete and gen- eral disarmament, but not ‘arma- ment.” Litvinoff concluded: “In my infor- mation I have tried to acquaint you national life, the distribution of forces around the question which has ; become extremely urgent: ‘War or peace,’ and to indicate the role of {the U. S. S. R. in the struggle of these forces. The peaceable charac- ter of this role can hardly be de- as scraps of paper, cynically, ; cent of mankind decires peace and '@ criminal intention to violate peace with the present tendencies of inter- | , the \ therefore the percentage of people in | thirsting for war is considerably less} nied by anyone at present. But not all other states have yet determined their position in this struggle, and their attitude to the Soviet Union.| A characteristic peculiarity of } jituation is that their attitude to- wards the Soviet Union has become @ measure of the peaceable disposi- tion of other states. “President Roose somebody had cal tt told me that ated that 92 per only eight per cent try to violate it. This eight per cent probably repre- sents the total population of the countries recognized as having been in an unfavorable position in the last war. I think it unjust to attribute to the entire population or even to majority in these countries than the above-mentioned figures. “Hence the task naturally arises of uniting the immense mass of man- kind with the aim of preventing this insignificant minority from violating its will towards peace. The question must not be of new groups, of form- ing military alliances in the old style, but of co-operation for lawful self- defense by all those who are not in- terested in violation of peace, in or- der to teach anyone not to attack peace. The U. S. S. R. is prepared Vv. MOLOTOV may attain power who, owing to their class hatred towards our gov- ernment are sometimes prepared to sacrifice their own national goy- ernment interests. Stalin guarantees them the same victories in war as they have had in ‘The responsibility of our diplo- macy is great and becoming eyer greater, since all the international problems mentioned by me affect or may affect the interests of the Soviet Union. ‘Take for example the revision of This question apparently ot affect us because we did not participate in these treaties, neither formally nor morally. We did not approve them. Furthermore, we did not conceal our sympathy with those | peoples in respect to which obvious | injustice was done by these treaties. t is not for us to object to revision of these treaties, but of course only in case this revision can take place peacefully on the basis of voluntary ents, or else, if while remoy- existing injustice it does not ate other and possibly still greater justice. “But in reality it is also known that there are projects for ‘just’ re- vision of treaties having in view the tisfaction of the territorial appe- “Being in a cond n of coumpul- sory self-defense, we therefore shall continue even more than formerly to afety—our Red Army. mber that in case of to participate in this task because |! united efforts of the tites of countries badly treated, ab jthe expense of the Baltic countries, | for example, or even the U. S. S. R which had nothing to do with the | Versailles Treaty and therefor? | caused no injustice to anyone. | “I don’t know if this is Hottentot work in this direction is dictated by the interests of the toilers of the en- tire world, the safety of all peoples, friends of peace, a breach of peace | conception of morals or otherwise, may be directed first of all against | but in any case its origin is not. us. | Aryan. But, irrespective of its origin, of 1937, Collectivization at the end of 837; tractors, 323; machine’ building, the second plan and also technical 22; coal, 235, to 152,000,000 tons; oil, completed. ito 18,000,000 tons; steel, 35, to 19,- The number of machine-tractor 000,000 tons; copper, 332, to 155,000,- stations will increase from 2,466 in 000 tons; timber, 174, to 56,410,000 1932 to 6,000 in 1937. Tractor horse cubic yards. power will increase from 2,285,000, ‘The plan states the result of all horse power in 1932 to 8,200,000 in these works will enable workers to 1937. Combines will be increased to substantially improve their material 100,000, etc. conditions while collective farm To Double Transportation Imasses have a full opportunity to reconstruction of agriculture will be 213, to 47,000,000 tons; pig iron, 292, ; SPREAD PHOLOGY. OF FASCIST REACTION AND WAR “You see, the genuine ideal of hu- manity is the perpetual struggle be- tween peoples, races, religions, and their reciprocal annihilation. Only war can anew benefit, restore, and youch must be brought up in this spiit, The of the press. literature, science, and art must serve these “But for the sake of it.striumph, a crusade against Marxism, Commun- ism, and radicalism is declared in the name of this new ‘civilizing mis- 5 “But the struggle with world Com- munism is rather a remote goal. Under the guise of this struggle is intended the realization of more | modest narrow national tasks which ' naked form bear the namej the revision of | acquaint oneself with the literature of the champions of the ‘new’ ideol- ogy to become conyinced that if the fortunes of war would smile upon them they would not be very squeam- ish, would not limit themselves oniy to the territories that are under the control of the Marxists. who are so hateful to them, but would not re- frain from annexing bourgeois lands and perhaps even such lands which are ruled by people that have similar ideas to them. That's how matters stand at least with one of the European countries, “There is also another country which has proved itself still more ‘ad- vanced,’ or perhaps more prepared, and which’ without resorting to com- plicated ideology and theoretical ‘preparations at once replaced the re- vision of treaties by the revision of frontiers. And it did not diplomats with this revision, but its generals under whose whole armies directions I are freely marching in t Seep The transporattion of goods will more than double by 1937 compared to 1932. Five thousand kilometres of railway will be electrified. Ten thou- sand kilometres of rail lines are to be double-tracked and tremendous tech- nical reconstruction of railway trans- will be a big increase in the number of locomotives and cars. Nine thousand kilometres of new railway lines are to be laid and enor-| mous canal constructions, The White Sea Baltic Canal is to be fully com- pleted and will be 227 kilometres Jong. port is included in the plan, There |’ achieve a cultural and well-to-do life. The growth in the number of worker employees will increase by thirty per cent all branches of na- tional economy and in heavy indus- try by forty-eight per cent. Increased Good Consumption The rapid growth of the peoples incomes will bring ¥'th it increased consumption of meat, tish, fats, sugar, eggs and a general consumption of goods, which as stated is to increase three-fold. Expenses on health, etc., will in- crease from five billion, four hun- ‘The Moscow Volga Canal, which will dred million roubles of the first pian be 127 kilometres long, is also to be to twenty billion, five hundred mil- completed. The Volga-Don is to be lion roubles in 1937. 100 kilometres long. The plan provides for Socialist Air Rontes From 32,000 to 85,600 {Means as the only means of produc- Kilometres tion to transform the entire toiling Air routes are to be increased from Population into active builders ettin 32, kilometres to 85,000 kilometres Socialist society and for a more rapi ee |srowth of wealth for the working A tremendous program for and peasant strength’ ening techniq training . the economic and political position of ng paeerepaalgiar aber Nod sored the proletarian dictatorship on the specialized schools, institutions —is 8sis of a united working class and included. peasantry, thus further strengthen- 59,500,000.000 roubles will be invested {ME ihe defensive capacity of the a! | Carrying out this huge task, which auto factory with pacity of 100,012 motor & trucks, The Samara auto factory will broadest masses of toilers, builders of be constructed. Socicalism. The ruthless, defeating Electrification of 7 new district of class enemy attacks the rally- stations which will open among them ing of the ranks of the u for & series whose power will exceed 200,- Socialism and for the rious ful- 6% kilowatts, is planned. |fillment of the Second Five Year Im coal mining, 178 pits are being Plan by the working class and col- built with a capacity of 143,000,000 lective farm masses under the lead- tons. Stores of new oil cracking ership of the Comm Party, lof leads to the elimination of the last capitalist elements from all of their old positions and. condemning them to final extinction, must call forth a sharpening class struggie, against , new attempts to undermine the Kol- hozes by kulaks, against attempts by anti-Soviet forces to wreck enter- prises, says the plan, Mast Rathlessly Defeat Enemies On the other hand fulfillment of the tasks of the second plan—radical betterment of the living conditions of working and peasant masses on basis of completion and_ technical \Teconstruction of the whole peoples economy—must call fo¥th the en- thusiasm of the toilers for increased industrial activity and a growing tendency to master technique by the JOSEPH STALIN AND MICHAIL KALININ { (Continued from Page 1) strivings of the masses of people, not only of our country, but also of other cuntries, “In a situation where the elements promoting new imperialist wars are increasingly accumulating, the gov- ernment of the U.S.S.R. set itSelf the task of reinforcing the struggle for peace by all measures, despite the growing aggressive tendencies of the ruling circles of certain countries. Non-Aggression Pacts “This year, Soviet diplomacy has had outstanding successes. You will recall our proposal to all countries at the disarmament conference to conclude a pact directed against ag- gressors, against inciters to war. It is known that the delay in a de- cision on this question by the Dis- armament Conference did not pre- vent our diplomacy to conclude pacts regarding aggressor nations with a number of neighboring states, namely, Poland, Finland, Esthonia, ; Latvia, Lithuania, Roumania, Czecho- slovakia, Turkey Persia, Afghanistan. “These successes of Soviet diplo- macy are inseparably connected with the name of Litvinoff. In its rela- tions with all countries, the U. S. S. R. steadily carried out its tried principles and policy of peace and practical collaboration. “A splendid example of this is the development of our relations with the Turkish Republic. We must also note the existence of more favorable circumstances for the development ef business cultural connections between the U. S. S. R. and Poland. “On the other hand, practical co- operation between the U. S. 8, R. and France has favorably developed. We are convinced that our co-opera- tion with France has entered a new stage and has a good future.” Relations With Molotov further dwelt on the con- clusion of Non-Aggression Pact with Italy, the establishment of dip- Jomatic relations with Spain and Uruguay. On the other hand, a tem- porary aggravation occurred this year in the relations with England. This aggravation which arose in con- nection with the trial of the Metro- Vickers wreckers was liquidated after a short time, and normal trade negotiations are now carried on in London. “Our relations with Germany have always occupied a special place in international relations. Remaining to our principles of defense of universal peace and of the inde- pendence of our country, the U. S. 8. R. has not on its side any reason to change its policy in its relations many, various attempts at revision of relations with the U. 8. 8, R. were made. This year it is not difficult to see such tendencies with the naked eye. It is unnecessary to dwell on the statements of Messrs. Rosenberg and Hugenberg. They are well known. One thing is clear to us, that until lately, the friendly rela- tions between the U. S. S. R. and remain completely true to these prin- ciples then and now. National rectly opposed to this. This policy is incompatible with the consollda-' which is leading the ruthless fight against all opportunist elements, will overcome all obstacles in the road building Socialism, disposition and respec’ for the safety 50 Million Jobless Menace Capitalism, Kalinin Says Molotov Shows 2nd Five Year Plan Leading to Classless Society including naturally the peoples of the Soviet Union. “Peoples like ours, maximum proof of which gave 2 their peaceful of others, have a maximum right to their own safety. “While agreeing to collaboration with other countries, and supplying the highest guarantee for the ful- filment of our international obli- gations owing to the constancy of our policy, we however, cannot for- get that we deal with capitalist states with unstable, frequently changing governments, with the Possibility that groups and people tion of friendly relations with the U. 8. 8. R., incompatible with the great future of Germany. Japanese Provocations “Greater proofs of peaceableness than the U. S. S. R. has shown to- wards Japan, no one can demand from us. This, however, does not “We shall therefore 1 remember that aside from our will, a moment may arise when we must justify the state- ment of Comrade Stalin, that we will not yield one inch of our land. In defense of every inch of Soviet land, whether east or west, not only Red armed forces will participate, but supplementing them will be the peoples of our indless union. The fact that re led by the Com- munist Party of the Soviet Union and fits inspirer and leader Comrade in carrying out such morals it would | be necessary to deal with the whole | power of our country of 170,000,000 | population. | “In any case. owing to the appear- | ance of such projects we are dragged | against our will into the problem of | So-called revision of treaties, “hich |to a considerable extent determines } our attitude to other international | Problems mentioned by me, such as j additional armaments, the jw | Power Pact, etc.” [ca GIVE AGGRESSORS’ ARMY LASTING UESSON “The guiding thread of foreign policy is contained in the short but expressive formula of Comrade Stalin |—We do not want the land of others, but we will not give up one inch of our own,’ | As we do not want foreign land, therefore we cannot want war. for our land, we have the complete Possibility of defending it to the last inch, and the even approaches to it by our powerfully growing military forces. These forces are capable of giving a lesson to any near or distant neighbor not to climb outside his }own frontiers for tens of years. But this would be an unproduc- tive expenditure of funds and energy, sit would temporarily distract us f: our basic task of the construction Socialism, and we therefore do eve thing possible to defend our territs by peaceful means, though this not a radical method of removing + aggression which is threatening “We consider that even militi AS' operations which do not begin direc at the borders of the Soviet Uni can form a menacing danger { jThis is why we not only co ‘but increase our struggle jwhich comprised and st the basic task of our “As Comrade Molo: stated, this struggle cc the desires of the r people of all countrie: Pe ee prevent some organs of the Japanese press and some Japanese officials from daily engaging in the dirty pub- lication of various rumors of the ag- gressive intentions of the U. S. S. R. Aware of their growing isolation, the most reactionary Japanese military circles particularly feared the estab- lishment of a certain co-operation between countries like the U. S R., the U. S. A. and China against the inciters of war in the Far East. “All this shows that we have not the right to close our eyes to the danger of war. Our task, is un- waveringly to continue ouf policy of peace in the Far East for the improvement of relations with Japan, simultaneously preparing for all possible attacks and com- plications from which we unfor- tunately cannot consider ourselves at present secure, “The question of new wars has become this year pevticularly ac- tual. During this year, Germany and Japan announced their with- drawal from the League of Nations. Germany has done this apparently in connection with her desire to de- velop her armaments. Japan de- clared her withdrawal from the Leagae of Nations in connection with her desire to have her hands | absolutely free for intervention in China, “We shall therefore morc lutely and steadfast!y defend cause of peace if we expose all and every kind of attempt at hastening fresh imperialist wars, fresh aggres- Siveness against the U. S.S.R. Our reso- “During the past year we widened the system of non-aggression pacts. |We now have non-aggression pacts in force not only with all our neigh- bours except Japan and China, but also with France and Italy. We have 'made a further step in the direc- tion of increasing the significance and effective definition of the very conception of aggression. “Our proposal is already embodied in treaties with an unbroken chain of our neighbours from Finland to Afghanistan, and all three countries of the Little Entente. The defini-| a a AGGRESSION PACTS tion. “A guarantee of pease can pend only on our efforts, ana quires the collaboration and a: ance of other countries. Ther , we are striving to establish and n tain friendly relations with countries. We pay special atte. to improving relations with « countries, and, to the closest prochement with those which, us, give proofs of their genuine sire to preserve peace and are pared to oppose violators of pe “We never rejected and do n-* tion of an aggressor given by us is ject organized international coll: universally recognized as a valuable tion having as its aim the s addition to the science of interna-|thening of peace. Not bein tional law and international practice,'trinaires, we do not refuse to and also is an excellent method of various international associatic testing presence or absence of aggres- organizations already existi ive encroaching desires of govern- | which may be formed, if we] ments. Therefore we shall struggle shall have grounds to reckon o for general recognition of this defini-|for serving the cause of peact RELATIONS WITH U. S. A. thy | Litvinoff passed on to illustrating the course of the development of | relati of the U. S. S. R. with | atries — America, Turk | France, Its Great Britain, Poland jete, Dealing with relations with the | U.S. A. Lactnoff among other things stated: “For fifteen years the U. S. A. wa: the only big power stubbornly refus- ing not only to establish formal re- (lations with the Soviet Union, but even to recognize its existence. It task consists in this, that all the! weak, you are shatter great losses and thi leave the struggle. Bur enough to continue ak i gle for you ali!” “For fifteen years i | tained its position. But wally | has stopped the struggle. This ;comrades, in my exchange o with President Roosevelt, or we must see not simply: recognition by a great power fall of the last the toiling masses should be made to know the real position of the U. S. 8. R. in its present capitalist sur- roundings. “The ruling classes of the capi- talist countries have never striven that the masses of the peopie should actually know the real posi- tion of their countries, the actual _ foreign policy of their govern- ments, “Thi s is especially insufferable to the gentlemen of the reactionary fas- cist camp who are dreaming of im seizures. They will finally break their necks over this. “Only the Soviet Government, find- ing the supreme support of the work- ers and masses, believes its greatest task is the obligation to cre- ate conscious attitude in the masses in support of the cause of peace. “This is why we Bolsheviks are marching forward strong in faith.” (Stormy applause.) British Imperialist’s Hand Seen in New War on Yemen in Arabia LONDON Dec. 31—War has be- gun by King Hedjaz Ibn Saud, backed by British imperialism, against the independent feudal king- dom of Yemen, in Southern Arabia, Teports to the Sunday Observer from Cairo show. ‘The British for many years have been attempting to enslave Yemen and make it into a British colony, did not want formally to recognize the fact of the October Revolution and the accompanying changes in the Soviet Union, It did not remain stubborn be- cause it hid bigger government dis- putes with us than other countries, not because it suffered more from | revolution, bet because in essence it continued the struggle declared by all the capiialist world after the October Revolution against the new | Soviet system ef sovernment, set- ting itself the of the creation of a Socialist soci “This was a struggle against the in the attack of the capitali on us which after October ‘ form of non-recognition and “And the more this fort h and the more consciously an erately its defenders acted, the g. must our satisfaction be from restoration of relations with Ame Having ceased to act as pacem for the entire capitalist world, entered into a first contact with America, immediately realized th national or government matters | tradictions between her and the; | Union did not exist, while all dir question are easily soluble, Fy existence of two world systems. Observing how its colleagues in this struggle, the other capitalist states, one after another deserted the front, America seemed to say to them; “I understand you are “On our part we also estimated the restoration of relations with America above all from the viewpoint of the significance of this event for the cause of peace. In passing, I may say that in the present case we succeeded in main- taining completely inviolable the basie principles and concepts which we have consistently carried out in restoring relations with capitalist countris. This circumstance—ab- sence of any sacrifices on both sides —is in no small measure a guar- antee of further strengthening of relations, An open exchange of opinion be- tween Roosevelt and myself convinced being herself interested in the n tenance of » America ta contact with the Soviet Union erful factor in maintaining this ; and correspondingly estimated cx oration with us in this directior NO CONCESSIONS IN PRINCIPLE us both of the absolute possibil the closest relations betweer countries. “We must do justice to t’ sightedness of President F that soon after coming to F possibly even earlier he ber vinced of the fruitlessness struggle wiith us in the nap talism and the necessity ¢ with us in the name of t? of international peace. - “Our strivings simulte Preserve and develop re! all big countries is no sn the cause of general pea: (Fo be contine: |